BANK MONTREAL QUE BMO
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 063671101 · ISIN CA0636711016
Canadian investment bank
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($770.2m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 708.9m as of 2025-10-31, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $130.46. Options: 22 managers hold calls ($606.0m notional), 28 hold puts ($1.8bn).
Trends to Q4 2025
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 457 |
| Q4 2022 | 478 |
| Q1 2023 | 472 |
| Q2 2023 | 472 |
| Q3 2023 | 460 |
| Q4 2023 | 491 |
| Q1 2024 | 494 |
| Q2 2024 | 479 |
| Q3 2024 | 472 |
| Q4 2024 | 538 |
| Q1 2025 | 559 |
| Q2 2025 | 567 |
| Q3 2025 | 580 |
| Q4 2025 | 617 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2024 | 228 | 193 |
| Q2 2024 | 203 | 236 |
| Q3 2024 | 196 | 200 |
| Q4 2024 | 271 | 170 |
| Q1 2025 | 254 | 213 |
| Q2 2025 | 239 | 246 |
| Q3 2025 | 266 | 234 |
| Q4 2025 | 252 | 242 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2025 | $584.4m | $1.1bn | 1.94 |
| Q2 2025 | $833.8m | $1.9bn | 2.33 |
| Q3 2025 | $1.1bn | $1.7bn | 1.52 |
| Q4 2025 | $606.0m | $1.8bn | 2.95 |
Biggest buyers
| 1832 Asset Management L.P. | Added | +4.1m |
| CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD | Added | +2.5m |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Added | +1.6m |
| FIL Ltd | Added | +1.2m |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Added | +673.2k |
| Quadrature Capital Ltd | New | +507.8k |
| Jefferies Financial Group Inc. | Added | +472.0k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | Added | +442.8k |
| TORONTO DOMINION BANK | Added | +402.2k |
| Amundi | Added | +320.0k |
Biggest sellers
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | Reduced | -15.4m |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Reduced | -4.8m |
| ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -1.8m |
| UBS Group AG | Reduced | -1.6m |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Reduced | -1.6m |
| FMR LLC | Reduced | -1.5m |
| GUARDIAN CAPITAL LP | Reduced | -1.0m |
| CIBC Asset Management Inc | Reduced | -1.0m |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Reduced | -726.4k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | Sold out | -499.6k |
Biggest calls
| TORONTO DOMINION BANK | Reduced | $121.1m932.8k shares |
| SIG North Trading, ULC | Added | $120.1m925.3k shares |
| NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA /FI/ | Reduced | $109.4m8.4k shares |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | Reduced | $69.3m533.7k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Reduced | $62.2m478.7k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $41.9m323.1k shares |
| Twin Tree Management, LP | Reduced | $17.5m134.6k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $17.0m131.2k shares |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Unchanged | $11.4m88.0k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Reduced | $6.0m46.0k shares |
Biggest puts
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | Added | $742.4m5.7m shares |
| SIG North Trading, ULC | Added | $287.4m2.2m shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | $237.5m1.8m shares |
| TORONTO DOMINION BANK | Reduced | $114.6m882.1k shares |
| CIBC WORLD MARKET INC. | Unchanged | $84.4m650.0k shares |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | $83.8m470.0k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $66.9m515.5k shares |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ | Added | $45.7m351.7k shares |
| NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA /FI/ | Reduced | $28.6m2.2k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $13.3m102.5k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution +0.1 pts · filed 2025-07-17 | 5.1% |
Insider purchases and sales in Q4 2025
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
None reported in Q4 2025.
Holders, Q4 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 1.14% of their portfolio | 50.1m $6.5bn | Reduced -15.4m |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.06% of their portfolio | 33.0m $4.3bn | Added +673.2k |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 1.50% of their portfolio | 28.2m $3.7bn | Reduced -335.9k |
| TD Asset Management Inc 2.03% of their portfolio | 19.4m $2.5bn | Added +293.6k |
| CIBC WORLD MARKET INC. 2.92% of their portfolio | 12.6m $1.6bn | Added +106.9k |
| NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA /FI/ 1.47% of their portfolio | 11.0m $1.4bn | Reduced -248.7k |
| 1832 Asset Management L.P. 1.71% of their portfolio | 10.4m $1.4bn | Added +4.1m |
| FIL Ltd 0.92% of their portfolio | 9.4m $1.2bn | Added +1.2m |
| MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP 1.43% of their portfolio | 9.3m $1.2bn | Reduced -223.0k |
| NORGES BANK 0.11% of their portfolio | 8.2m $1.1bn | Not comparable |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 7.0m $932.2m | Added +442.8k |
| FMR LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 6.6m $856.9m | Reduced -1.5m |
| TORONTO DOMINION BANK 1.49% of their portfolio | 6.5m $844.6m | Added +402.2k |
| CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.55% of their portfolio | 6.3m $821.5m | Added +2.5m |
| CIBC Asset Management Inc 1.97% of their portfolio | 6.2m $814.5m | Reduced -1.0m |
| BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA 1.15% of their portfolio | 6.0m $774.7m | Reduced -408.2k |
| Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec 1.20% of their portfolio | 5.4m $704.8m | Unchanged |
| Beutel, Goodman & Co Ltd. 3.99% of their portfolio | 5.0m $649.0m | Reduced -397.0k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.13% of their portfolio | 4.6m $591.7m | Added +24.7k |
| Fiera Capital Corp 1.64% of their portfolio | 4.0m $517.3m | Added +14.4k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.03% of their portfolio | 3.8m $495.5m | Added +1.6m |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.10% of their portfolio | 3.6m $465.8m | Added +31.5k |
| SCOTIA CAPITAL INC. 1.87% of their portfolio | 3.6m $464.5m | Added +6.1k |
| Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec 1.68% of their portfolio | 3.4m $438.8m | Reduced -50.2k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.03% of their portfolio | 3.3m $428.0m | Reduced -4.8m |
| HEALTHCARE OF ONTARIO PENSION PLAN TRUST FUND 0.72% of their portfolio | 3.3m $424.4m | Reduced -5.2k |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.30% of their portfolio | 2.8m $365.0m | Reduced -117.1k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.4m $311.8m | Reduced -726.4k |
| TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. 1.87% of their portfolio | 2.3m $300.8m | Reduced -60.3k |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. 0.70% of their portfolio | 2.1m $268.8m | Reduced -210.3k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 2.0m $255.9m | Added +15.8k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.9m $241.8m | Reduced -1.6m |
| LETKO, BROSSEAU & ASSOCIATES INC 3.56% of their portfolio | 1.7m $217.7m | Reduced -100.6k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.6m $204.6m | Reduced -30.1k |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 0.06% of their portfolio | 1.5m $197.5m | Reduced -3.5k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.06% of their portfolio | 1.5m $188.3m | Added +75.2k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.14% of their portfolio | 1.4m $186.3m | Added +299.4k |
| Newport Trust Company, LLC 0.41% of their portfolio | 1.3m $170.7m | Reduced -6.7k |
| Amundi 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.3m $169.2m | Added +320.0k |
| OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp 1.15% of their portfolio | 1.2m $161.8m | Added +111.2k |
| ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.26% of their portfolio | 1.2m $156.3m | Reduced -1.8m |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 1.2m $153.8m | Reduced -111.4k |
| MUFG SECURITIES (CANADA), LTD. 3.91% of their portfolio | 1.1m $140.7m | Reduced -101.8k |
| Aviso Financial Inc. 5.05% of their portfolio | 1.0m $132.8m | Added +20.2k |
| Alberta Investment Management Corp 0.78% of their portfolio | 1.0m $129.9m | Reduced -108.2k |
| Cardinal Capital Management, Inc. 3.96% of their portfolio | 988.5k $176.2m | Reduced -119.5k |
| BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp 0.64% of their portfolio | 935.9k $121.5m | Added +314.7k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.19% of their portfolio | 865.6k $112.4m | Reduced -323.5k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.02% of their portfolio | 739.0k $95.9m | Reduced -17.5k |
| Addenda Capital Inc. 3.79% of their portfolio | 725.3k $129.3m | Reduced -9.3k |
| GUARDIAN CAPITAL LP 2.62% of their portfolio | 680.7k $88.4m | Reduced -1.0m |
| BCV Asset Management Inc. 3.23% of their portfolio | 654.7k $127.7m | First filing |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 644.3k $83.6m | Added +3.1k |
| AGF MANAGEMENT LTD 0.41% of their portfolio | 637.8k $94.3m | Added +275.1k |
| VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP 0.07% of their portfolio | 619.4k $80.4m | Added +140.6k |
| AVIVA PLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 610.3k $79.3m | Added +31.6k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 546.1k $70.9m | Added +2.4k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 533.4k $69.4m | Reduced -1.2k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.05% of their portfolio | 528.4k $68.7m | Added +26.1k |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 518.5k $67.3m | Reduced -1.6m |
| BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST CO 5.77% of their portfolio | 511.5k $66.4m | Added +6.0k |
| Quadrature Capital Ltd 0.67% of their portfolio | 507.8k $66.0m | New |
| Korea Investment CORP 0.13% of their portfolio | 488.7k $63.6m | Added +76.2k |
| Jefferies Financial Group Inc. 0.51% of their portfolio | 479.5k $62.2m | Added +472.0k |
| Hillsdale Investment Management Inc. 1.72% of their portfolio | 478.1k $62.2m | Reduced -46.9k |
| Value Partners Investments Inc. 4.64% of their portfolio | 465.3k $60.5m | Reduced -46.0k |
| Scheer, Rowlett & Associates Investment Management Ltd. 4.14% of their portfolio | 464.6k $60.3m | Reduced -129.7k |
| Pictet Asset Management Holding SA 0.05% of their portfolio | 401.8k $52.2m | Added +5.0k |
| State of Tennessee, Department of Treasury 0.17% of their portfolio | 399.6k $54.7m | Reduced -18.1k |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board 0.17% of their portfolio | 391.4k $50.8m | Added +27.6k |
| Delaney Capital Management Ltd. 8.30% of their portfolio | 385.0k $50.1m | First filing |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 382.2k $49.6m | Reduced -110.8k |
| Guardian Partners Inc. 4.18% of their portfolio | 371.9k $52.2m | Added +33.2k |
| APG Asset Management N.V. 0.12% of their portfolio | 369.0k $40.9m | Reduced -40.3k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.01% of their portfolio | 365.8k $47.5m | Reduced -104.0k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.08% of their portfolio | 356.8k $46.4m | Reduced -83.7k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.07% of their portfolio | 350.8k $45.5m | Added +265.9k |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 339.2k $44.0m | Reduced -58.3k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 331.2k $43.0m | Reduced -102.3k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.05% of their portfolio | 318.6k $41.4m | Reduced -51.8k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 317.3k $41.2m | Added +18.2k |
| Purpose Unlimited Inc. 1.79% of their portfolio | 301.0k $39.1m | First filing |
| Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank) 0.08% of their portfolio | 299.9k $39.0m | Added +8.7k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 288.2k $37.4m | Reduced -12.2k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 280.9k $36.5m | Added +37.3k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 276.0k $35.8m | Added +230.0k |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.08% of their portfolio | 259.8k $33.8m | New |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 251.7k $32.7m | Added +233.3k |
| INTECH INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.27% of their portfolio | 233.8k $30.4m | Added +95.9k |
| INTACT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC. 0.79% of their portfolio | 212.3k $27.6m | Reduced -4.9k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 212.2k $27.6m | Added +26.6k |
| Candriam S.C.A. 0.14% of their portfolio | 209.4k $27.2m | Added +28.9k |
| MONTRUSCO BOLTON INVESTMENTS INC. 0.34% of their portfolio | 208.4k $27.1m | Reduced -18.7k |
| Rempart Asset Management Inc. 5.10% of their portfolio | 207.7k $27.0m | Reduced -14.1k |
| Man Group plc 0.05% of their portfolio | 204.4k $26.6m | Added +162.2k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 201.6k $26.2m | Added +64.7k |
| Investment Management Corp of Ontario 0.32% of their portfolio | 185.5k $24.1m | Added +61.7k |
| FORSTA AP-FONDEN 0.14% of their portfolio | 180.6k $23.5m | Reduced -34.0k |
| Cardinal Point Capital Management ULC 1.52% of their portfolio | 178.5k $23.2m | Added +1.0k |
| O'SHAUGHNESSY ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 167.8k $21.8m | Added +8.1k |